Can you easily fit paddle shifters on an pre-2007 car (mine is a 2006)?

Does the box have to be in "DS" for the paddles to work?

you can do it but you need a seering wheel and paddles and a wiring loom (or you can make one up) there are a few threads on how to fit the paddles. the paddles should work in Ds or D as the factory fit. ive got a virtually new wheel and paddles for £150 you can look on ebay or google Burgertuing for the loom.

you can do it but you need a seering wheel and paddles and a wiring loom (or you can make one up) there are a few threads on how to fit the paddles. the paddles should work in Ds or D as the factory fit. ive got a virtually new wheel and paddles for £150 you can look on ebay or google Burgertuing for the loom.

dont want to spoil your day but i had the performance wheel with alcantara sides it went really manky after 18 months so bmw gave me the money back! i spent £150 and had it covered in leather. they are probably ok if you wear driving gloves.

if you change the paddles the dct will be PNP but the lci ones need to be modified and the wires re aranged to make them work or you can buy pre modified ones from nexon motors on ebay

dont want to spoil your day but i had the performance wheel with alcantara sides it went really manky after 18 months so bmw gave me the money back! i spent £150 and had it covered in leather. they are probably ok if you wear driving gloves

Bassically the problems with Alcantara wheels is sweaty/greasy hands. Not reccomended for those peeps. As the wheel goes, Technical term. manky. however with a bit of maintenance they stand for 10yrs plus.

Also Jeffy pie, PERCHLOROETHYLENE is reccomended for cleaning. Which I know a thing or two about.

But, in fairness I had already decided to keep the Leather M wheel as a back up. Just to be on the safe side.

Bassically the problems with Alcantara wheels is sweaty/greasy hands. Not reccomended for those peeps. As the wheel goes, Technical term. manky. however with a bit of maintenance they stand for 10yrs plus.

Also Jeffy pie, PERCHLOROETHYLENE is reccomended for cleaning. Which I know a thing or two about.

But, in fairness I had already decided to keep the Leather M wheel as a back up. Just to be on the safe side.

i tried cleaning it with everything but the thing with the dinosaur name! and my hands dont sweat, im the original mr cool! the main thing is you are happy with it.

AP, have you got a link for the alcantara cleaning product? My BMW performance wheel is over a year old and I've tried to stay on top with the cleaning but I've neglected it for a while and it looks a bit manky at the mo

AP, have you got a link for the alcantara cleaning product? My BMW performance wheel is over a year old and I've tried to stay on top with the cleaning but I've neglected it for a while and it looks a bit manky at the mo

I dont bud, What I can suggest though, is if you google Alcantara the website for the company Alcantara SPA has some great cleaning advice on there. As far as I know, You want to rub it down with a coth damped with water, dry and brush to fluff. But for stronger stains you can use, APC and careful blotch any stains and then run over with a damp water coth.

these should remove 90% of your stains, should you have any. As there is also reccomendations for different chemicals for different stains.

However, The perk i was reffering to is a dry clean chemical used by dry cleaners, In which case you would have to take the wheel to a dry cleaner for spot treatment. ( but this is worst case scenario)

I dont bud, What I can suggest though, is if you google Alcantara the website for the company Alcantara SPA has some great cleaning advice on there. As far as I know, You want to rub it down with a coth damped with water, dry and brush to fluff. But for stronger stains you can use, APC and careful blotch any stains and then run over with a damp water coth.

these should remove 90% of your stains, should you have any. As there is also reccomendations for different chemicals for different stains.

However, The perk i was reffering to is a dry clean chemical used by dry cleaners, In which case you would have to take the wheel to a dry cleaner for spot treatment. ( but this is worst case scenario)

Also there are vids online for maintenance on the performance wheel.... Or failing this you could always sell it to me

regards.

Thanks AP, appreciate you taking the time to write that up. I've got one mark by the thumb grip which won't shift so I'll speak to a dry cleaner about it. Saying that I let a friend borrow my car and he used a steering lock which has caused a small cut at the bottom of the wheel